Printeer has secured $41,000 of $50,000 goal. 3D printers could soon be part of a child's toy box as the first 3D printer for kids has landed on Kickstarter. Called Printeer, the child-friendly printer is designed for use with an iPad ...
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Two new analyst reports compete to size up the fast-growing sector. Powered by a growing range of applications, 3D printing – encompassing laser additive manufacturing at the higher end – will become a mainstream production ...
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Most Americans today still picture Shenzhen as the home of iPhone production, migrant workers, and a huge electronics component bazaar. Well, they’re not wrong. That Shenzhen is still here. However, the way people live, work, and ...
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When one think of polygons, one don't typically think of a cutting edge piece of clothing, but MakerBot and Francis Bitonti have changed that equation with the introduction of the Bristle Dress. The Bristle Dress is a fully 3D printed ...
Tags: Apparel, 3D printed dress, dress, Bristle Dress
Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
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The technology of 3D 'bioprinting', the medical application of 3D printing to produce living tissue and organs, is advancing so quickly that it will spark a major ethical debate on its use by 2016, according to Gartner. At the same time, ...
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The company behind a revolutionary process which uses 3D printing to produce optics and lenses has secured ‘several million Euros’ worth of funding from three international venture capital funds. Luxexcel announced that ...
Officeworks has today claimed the title as the first Australian retailer to sell a 3D Printer in stores. The Cube 3D Printer, described as a “must have item”, will retail in 21 selected Officeworks stores across the country for ...
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As spending on gadgets flattens in a world obsessed with smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Show here hopes to be a launch pad for a new must-have device. From drones and smart cars to remote-controlled door locks and ...
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What will the world of lighting look like in 2020? That’s what Edison Report TV producer Randy Reid set out to learn by interviewing the experts who comprise the board of directors of the National Lighting Bureau. The results are now ...
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Organic, cage-free or home-grown? We think about our purchasing ethics in many areas of daily life, but not often about technology. As with any product, though, we should think about the effects of our actions on workers and the ...
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China will adjust some of its customs duties on Jan. 1, 2014 to aid economic restructuring and achieve balanced trade growth, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. Tariffs on some 760 imported commodities will be lowered by an ...
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We have heard a variety of 3D printers including food-based 3D printers. Do you still remember the first commercial chocolate 3D printer which arrived back in 2011? Recently, more institutions join the food-based 3D printing. Back in ...
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Imagine that you have to build a diorama of a famous Civil War battle for a project at school, but instead of hand-made, you just go to a print shop, enter the measurements you want the model components to be, and print all the soldiers, ...
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Manufacturing metal three-dimensional objects using 3D printer print Metal Structuresers (additive manufacturing) could soon be ready for use in series production. As early as the 1980s, companies recognized the time, cost and design ...
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